Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1578: Āśaucanirṇaya
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Title from colophon (f. 9r); alternate title Tryaṃbakī from cover (f. 1r).
Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.
Dated śaka 1734 (1812) (f. 9r).
Scribe is Bhāskara Dāḍekara (f. 9r).
Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant words, phrases and verse numbers highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
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Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1578
9967588803503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/927414281
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6758880
Manuscript is a manual or treatise used for consultation and is a text on the rules (religious laws, dharma) governing the removal of impurities, especially those related to pregnancy.
In Sanskrit
Āśaucanirṇaya
आशौचनिर्णय
Tryaṃbaka Paṇḍita
scribe
Bhāskara Dāḍekara
Colophon: iti bhaṭṭasūrisūnutryaṃbakapaṃḍitaviracitāyāṃ [ā]śaucanirṇayaḥ // (f. 9r).
paper
1 item (9 leaves) : 10 x 21 cm
Pregnancy--Religious aspects--Hinduism
Purity, Ritual--Hinduism
Hindu women
Hindu law
Dharma
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
Manuscripts--India--18th century
Manuscripts--India--19th century